Need help for my wedding pictures.?

Question

I'm having an outside wedding and also having the reception there pretty close together. How could we do our pictures in between. Should we just have the guest wait on us and they can talk and get their food while we are doing that or how should we do it? I just don't know because people are going to see us walking around taking pictures will that be dumb?

Answer 1

Your guests will be together and can entertain for a half an hour or a little longer.  Something good to have is cocktail hour where they just walk around with finger foods and mingle.  Then they get let into the reception and will find there seats and everything.

If you don't have an extra room for cocktail hour, I would have a photo album or tables of pictures around the room for guests to look at while they wait.

Also my cousin just got married and took pictures on the lower level where all the guest above could see.  It was beautiful to see so relax and take your time. It's your day, and your guests are there for you. If they have finger foods, and cocktails they will be fine!

Answer 2

I would recommend to take all of the pictures you can before the wedding.  If you aren't seeing each other before the wedding, do all the individuals and ones with the wedding parties.  It will take less time between the two then.  

We were very against seeing each other before the wedding but had talked to some people and realized that, since we were only having heavy hor'dourves and a small wedding, people may not want to wait an hour or so for us to do our pics.  We decided to do what many of our friends did.  We took all of the pics we could before the wedding, then had everyone leave the main chapel.  They went outside or back in dressing rooms.  The groom stood at the end of the aisle and the photographer was the only other one in the room.  I had my sister-in-law get me ready at the door and open the door.  I walked down the aisle towards my groom and we got to see each other for the first time, just like other weddings, but we then had a little time to ourselves to talk and pray and whatnot.  I loved the idea and wouldn't go back and change it if I could.  I cried so hard when I first saw him, but wasn't super emotional during the actual ceremony (I probably couldn't repeated after the minister if it were the first time we saw each other).  It's just an idea, but I know a lot of people who have done it and loved it!